by Jurgen Ureña | Feb 8, 2023 | Articles
It all begins with an indecipherable journey. An enigma that unfolded over a year and a half, covered a route of more than 500 kilometers and kept scientists and specialists from all over the world on tenterhooks. In March 2020, in the Chinese province of Yunnan, 14...
by Emma Tristán | Jan 11, 2023 | Articles
Have you ever thought about the distance that shirt that Santa brought you has traveled to reach your closet? If the label indicates that it was manufactured in China, that does not mean that the distance is the one that separates you from that country. It is possible...
by Mariana Zumbado | Dec 7, 2022 | Articles
If it were possible to add up the amount of water in rivers, lakes, aquifers and reservoirs of Costa Rica, each habitant would have a total of 24,873 m3 of water per year. That amount corresponds to an approximate 67 m3 of water per day for each person. This figure...
by Mariela Sáenz | Dec 7, 2022 | Articles
In 2009, the Cinchona earthquake caused damages greater than ¢280,000 million in Costa Rica. Almost eight years later, Hurricane Nate caused damage to three quarters of the country, for amounts that exceeded ¢329,000 million, and it was considered the worst natural...
by Emma Tristán | Nov 2, 2022 | Articles
The British writer Aldous Huxley once remarked that “perhaps the greatest lesson in history is that no one learned the lessons of history.” We don’t know for sure if the quote is genuine; however, it is clear that very often we fail in that...
by Natalia Benavides | Nov 2, 2022 | Articles
Every October 24 the International Day against Climate Change is celebrated, with the purpose of alerting about the possible effects of this phenomenon on the planet. Although this event was not proclaimed by the United Nations, given the urgency of climate action,...
